Bulgaria

Population Statistics

7,186,893

Total Population

1,078,034

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

22 March 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Election Code (2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 25, paragraph 1 states:

The credentials of a member of the Central Election Commission shall be terminated prior to the expiry of the term of office thereof:…

  • (4) upon sustained actual inability to perform the duties thereof for a period exceeding six months;
  • (5) upon incompatibility…
  • (7) if the said member fails, without a valid excuse, to attend three successive meetings or a total of five meetings during the year…

 

Article 111, paragraph 5 states:

Should any of the candidates on a registered candidate list of a party or coalition of parties die or lapse into a sustained inability to participate in the elections, the party of coalition of parties may propose a new candidate according to the procedure established by Paragraph (4).

 

Excerpts from the Election Code (2013)

Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria (1991, last amended 2007)

Updated: June 2015

Article 97 states:

The President's or Vice President's authority shall expire before the expiry of his term of office upon any of the following occurrences:…

  • (2) permanent de facto inability to perform his duties caused by grave Illness…

(2) In the cases referred to in items 1 and 2, the prerogatives of the President or Vice President shall be suspended upon the Constitutional Court’s establishing the existence of the respective circumstances;

(3) In the cases referred to in para 1, the Vice President shall assume the duties of the President until the expiry of the term of office.

(4) Should the Vice President be incapable of assuming the President's duties, the President's prerogatives shall be assumed by the Chairperson of the National Assembly until the election of a new President and Vice President. Elections for President and Vice President shall then be held within two months.

 

Article 129 states:

…(3) Having completed a five year term of office as a judge, prosecutor or investigating magistrate, and upon attestation, followed by a decision of the Supreme Judicial Council, the judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates shall become irremovable. They, including the persons referred to in para 2, shall be removed from office only upon:… 4. permanent de facto inability to perform their duties for more than a year; 5. serious infringement or systematic neglect of their official duties, as well as actions undermining the prestige of the Judiciary…

(5) In cases of removal from office under para 3, items 2 and 4, the acquired irremovably shall be restored upon subsequent appointment to the office of a judge, prosecutor or investigating magistrate…

 

Article 130, paragraph 8 states:

The mandate of an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council shall expire upon any of the following occurrences: … 3. permanent de facto inability to perform his/her duties for more than one year; 4. disciplinary removal from office or deprival from the right to pursue legal profession or activity.

 

Article 148 states:

(1) The mandate of a judge of the Constitutional Court shall expire upon any of the following occurrences: … 4. permanent de facto inability to perform his duties for more than a year; 5. incompatibility with an office or activity referred to in Art. 147 para 5. …

(2) The Constitutional Court shall lift the immunity of a judge or establish his de facto inability to perform his duties by a secret ballot requiring a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes of all justices…

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria (1991, last amended 2007)